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<blockquote data-quote="Boomergump" data-source="post: 169557" data-attributes="member: 639"><p>There is zero doubt in my mind that an option based offense like ours would work in the NFL. There are some issues, however, with getting it started and maybe a disadvantage in the long term. First of all, it would take a huge commitment in terms of personell change over that may take a few years to establish. Are NFL fans that patient? If your franchise went to the flexbone as its offense, you could kiss goodbye the thought of a long tenured QB. There is no way in Hades that the equivalent of a Peyton Manning aged option QB would ever exist. In college, you never have to worry about guys getting too old. 30 years of age might be the breaking point for an option QB in the pros. That doesn't leave a lot of time for maturation and tutelage etc before the shelf life runs out. For this reason, QBs would never be the franchise type of player that they are now. It doesn't mean it would be wrong or wouldn't work, but it would be a paradigm shift.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boomergump, post: 169557, member: 639"] There is zero doubt in my mind that an option based offense like ours would work in the NFL. There are some issues, however, with getting it started and maybe a disadvantage in the long term. First of all, it would take a huge commitment in terms of personell change over that may take a few years to establish. Are NFL fans that patient? If your franchise went to the flexbone as its offense, you could kiss goodbye the thought of a long tenured QB. There is no way in Hades that the equivalent of a Peyton Manning aged option QB would ever exist. In college, you never have to worry about guys getting too old. 30 years of age might be the breaking point for an option QB in the pros. That doesn't leave a lot of time for maturation and tutelage etc before the shelf life runs out. For this reason, QBs would never be the franchise type of player that they are now. It doesn't mean it would be wrong or wouldn't work, but it would be a paradigm shift. [/QUOTE]
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